Egg boiling or coddling utensil.



F. A. FELDKAMP.

v EGG BOILING 0R CODDLING U TENSIL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24 1913.

Patented Jan. 4, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

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F, A. FELDKAMP.

EGG BOILING 0R CODDLING UTENSIL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1913.

1,167,057. Patented Jan. 4,1916,

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

INVENTORI 1 raaa-glaqAyela ATTORNEYS COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH CO..WASHINGTON,D. c.

o sirably coddled or boiled.

FREDERICK A. rELnk-Aivrr, 0F NEWARK, nEw JERSEY.

EGG BOILING on CODDLING UTEivsIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan; 4, 1916.

Application filed Jane 24, 1913. Serial no; 775,459;

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK A KAMP, a citizen of the United States,residing atNewark, in the county of Essex and State'of New Jersey, haveinvented'cer tain new and useful Improvements in Egg Boiling or CoddlingUtensils, and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention,

same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tocharacters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification. v

This invention has reference, generally, to improvements in cookingutensils; and, the invention relates, more particularly, to a noveldevice or utensil for the coddling or boiling therein of eggs, eithersoft, medium or hard, without the necessity of placing" the utensil overthe fire of a cook-stove, or having to time the duration of the boilingof theeggs, the utensil being capable of use at oneside away from thestove, and acting automatically in coddling or boiling the eggs whichare subjected to a steaming process, rather than a boiling process.

The present invention has for its principal object to provide a novel,cheap, and simple construction of egg-boiling or coddling utensil, forthe purpose of subjecting the eggs which are placed in the utensil for apre-determined time tothe action of boiling water and'steam, to renderthe eggs either hard,'medium, or soft-boiled, or 'of' any intermediatedegree of consistency, and the.

device acting automatically and requiring no immediate attention ortiming.

The invention has for'fits further object to provide in connection withthe utensil or device, an automatically controlled outlet valve, whichis normally held'closed, andis operated by, the weight of one or moreeggs,

or by the closing of alid with which the utensil is provided, to permitthe boiling Water within the receptacle to regulably flow from thevessel, out of the opened valve, whereby the egg or eggs are de- Otherobjectsof this invention not at this time more" particularly enumeratedwill be clearly understood from the following de-;

I tailed description of the present invention.

With the variousobjectsofthe present FELD- such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the.

invention in view, the said invention consists, primarily, ln'the novelegg-bo hng or binations of the various devices andparts, afs-well asinthe details of the construction of the same, all of which will be morefully described in the following specification then finally embodied inthe clauses of the J claims which'are appended to'and which form anessential part of this'specification. The invention is clearlyillustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is afront-elevation, and Fig. 2 a transverse yertical section of anegg-boilingor "coddling utensil, showing one embodiment of theprinciples of the present invention, the out-flow valve is said F 1g 2being-represented in its normally closed p0- coddling utensil or" devicehereinafter set I forth; and, the'invention consists, furthermore, in'the novel arrangements and com to;

sition. -Fig; 3 is a transverse sectional representation of the utensiland device, with a wire woven or analogousbasket, in which one or moreeggs are to be placed," inserted in the utensil and resting upon thespring controlled valve-stem, whereby the valveis unseate'd, to permitof a gradual orregu lated outflow'of the boiling water; and Fig; 4 is atop view of the-utensil, with'the'lid; or cover and the'said basketomitted from said view. Figs. 55 and 6 are two transverse sectionalrepresentations of, two slightly modified forms of egg boiling or"coddling of the present invention Similar characters of-reference areem ployedin all of the above described views, to indicate correspondingparts;

utensils, but still embodying the principles Referring now to theseveral figures of V the drawings, the reference 'character l indicatesthe complete egg-boiling or coddling utensil or device, lthesameconsisting of a suitable receptacle, as 2, of any suitable design, andwhich is formed with a bottom, 3 and may. be provided with a handle orbail, as 4. The said bottom" 3 is provided with any usualarrangement offeet or standards,;as 5," and arranged upon the'upper marginalbead-'likeedge 6 of the receptacle, there may be a removable lid orcover 7 which. is provided with a suitable fingerpiece, as 8, asindicated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, orthesaid receptacle may beprovide'd'upon one sidewitha handle, as 9-, and a lid' 10 hinged upontheu'pperopen portion of the receptacle, the lid being retained in itsclosed position by means of a suitable spring-catch 11 which is suitablysecured to the receptacle 2, substantially as illustrated in Fig. 2 ofthe drawings.

Referring now to Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, it will be seen that the bottom8 of the receptacle is provided with a preferably centrally disposed andinwardly extending coneshaped valve-seat, as 12, the upper part of whichis formed with a perforation 13. Suitably secured upon the upper surfaceof said bottom 8, by means of solder 14:, or in any other suitablemanner, is a flat spring-element 15, bent substantially, as at 16, andrigidly se'cured to said spring element and eX- tending downwardlytherefrom is a valvestem 17. This valve-stem extends into and throughthe previously-mentioned perforation 13, being loosely and movablydisposed in said perforation, and connected with the lower. freeend-portion of said stem 17 is a cone-shaped valve, as 18,which undernormal conditions is caused by means of said suing-element and the saidstem 17 to be seated upon the valve-seat 12, so as to fully close theperforation 18, and thereby prevent the water from flowing from withinthe receptacle 2, as will be clearly evident. To limit the downwardmovement of the spring-element 15 when a weight is placed thereon, thebottom 3 of the receptacle 2 is formed with suitably disposed andinwardly extending projections or stop-lugs, as 19,

the purpose of which will be clearly understood from an inspection ofsaid Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. Upon its surface, the receptacle 2is provided with a series of graduations, as 20, two of which may beprovided with-the letters M and S, respectively indicating the wordsmedium and soft. In order that a regulable outflow of water may be hadfrom the receptacle 2 when the valve 18 has been forced from thevalve-seat 12, by the combined weight of a suitable basket or tray 21,and the egg or eggs which have been previously placed therein, there issuitably secured to the lower surface of the bottom 3 a cup-shapedshell, as 22, or other suitably formed regulating element, which islocated directly beneath the valve 18, and is formed with an openingor'hole 28, of such size that the outflow of the water is regulated, soas to produce the desired egg-boiling or coddling results. The previously-mentioned basket or tray is also provided'with a suitable handleor bail, as 24, for placing the basket or tray into the water in thereceptacle, or for removing it therefrom after the water has flowed fromthe opened valve and the egg or eggs have been desirably boiled orcoddled.

The operation of the device, briefly, is as follows :Boiling water isplaced in the re ceptacle 2 to the desired height indicated by thegraduations 20, the water being retained in the receptacle by thespring-controlled and normally closed valve 18, as will be clearlyevident. The basket or tray 21, in which has been placed the egg or eggswhich are to be boiled, is inserted into the receptacle 2, until itrests upon the spring-element 15 and the valve-stem 17 connectedtherewith. The lid or cover 7 is now placed upon the receptacle 21 so asto retain the heat and steam within the receptacle, and the valve 18having been unseated, as pre-- viously stated, the hot water ispermitted to flow from the receptacle 2 into the regulating element 22,out of which it passes through the hole or perforation 23. As soon asthe water has entirely passed out of the receptacle 2, the egg or eggshave been properly boiled or coddled, and by taking off the cover or lid7, can be removed by the withdrawal of the basket or tray 21 from withinthe receptacle 2. As soon as the weight is removed from thespring-element 15, the valve 18 is again automatically seated upon itsvalve-seat, whereupon the device is again ready for its next boiling orcoddling operation. v

In Fig. 5 of the drawings, the bottom 3 of the receptacle 2 is providedwith an opening 25, in which is inserted and suitably secured thetubular element 26 provided with the valve-seat 27, the valve-disk 29and valvestem 30, the latter extending through the tubular element 26and terminating above the upper open end-portion of said tubular gelement. The said tubular element 26 is also provided in its side with adrainage opening 28, the valve stem 30 having secured thereto a disk orplate 31, and a coiled spring 32 being employed for normally closing thevalve-disk, in the manner previously stated. In this egg-boiling orcoddling device, there is also secured to the lower surface of thebottom 3 a. cup-shaped shell or regulating element 22 formed with anopening or hole 23 for regulating the outflow of the water when thevalve-disk 29 has moved from its valve-seat, the said regit latingelement operating in the manner and for the purposes stated inconnection with the regulating device illustrated in connection with theconstruction of egg-boiling or coddling utensil represented in Figs. 1,2 and 8 of the drawings. in lieu of the removable egg-carrying basket ortray 21, there'may be permanently secured upon the upper end-portion ofthe valve-stem 30, a concave disk or egg-receiving element, as 83, forthe reception of an egg or eggs, said. element being also provided withaplurality of perforations-3 1, or other suitable means for permitting aquick and easy flow of water fromthe upper part of the receptacle intothe lower part thereof, so that there will be no obstruction-to theoutflow of the Water when the valve has been 'unseated by the placing ofan egg or eggs in the receiving element 33.

In the form of egg-boiling or coddling device represented in Fig. 6 ofthe drawings,

the bottom 3 of the receptacle 2 is provided at one side with a suitableopening, as 35, in which is inserted and suitably secured. a tubularelement 36 provided with a closed top 37 having a rod-guiding opening38, and its other end being made with a coneshaped' valve-seat 39. The.said tubular element 36 is also provided in its side with a drainageopening 40, and suitably secured to the lower outer face of the bottom3, and directly beneath the outlet formed by the valve-seat, is acup-shaped regulating eleinent 41 formed with an opening or hole 42 ofthe proper size, that the outflow of the water is regulated, so as toproduce the deslred. egg-boiling or coddling results.

' Seated upon the valve-seat 39 is a valve-disk 43, with which issuitably connected, and extends through the guiding opening 38 andthrough a suitable opening in a bracket is. which extends from the sideof the receptacle upon the inner portion thereof, a rod 45. This rodisprovided upon its upper end, and slightly above the upper marginal edgeof the receptacle 2, with a button or enlargement, as 46, a portion ofwhichis] to cause the valve-disk 43 connected with said rod 4-5 to beseated upon the valve-seat 39, and to normally bring the rod i5'and itsbutton or enlargement 46 into the position represented in said Fig. 6 ofthe drawings, whereby the lid or cover 10 is also retained in its raisedrelation to the receptacle 2, as will be clearly evident.

When it is desired to boil or coddle an egg or eggs, the receptacle 2 isfilled to the desired height with hot water, and the'egg or eggs areplaced in the water in the receptacle. Immediately the lid or coverlO'is closed down upon the top of the receptacle 2, the lid or coverbeingheld in its closed relation by engagement with the springcatch 11.The closing action ofthe lid or cover 10 upon the button or enlargement46 of the rod 5, moves the latter in a downward direction, against thetension of the spring 48, whereby the valve-disk 43 is moved from itsclosing position upon the valve-seat 39, so that the water will fiowfrom within the receptacle 2 into the regulating element 41 and out ofthe outflow opening or hole 42,

gradually, and when finally all water has passed from the receptacle2,'the egg or eggs have been properly boiled or coddled to the desireddegree, a'ccording to the quantity of hot water originallycontained inthe receptacle; I

. It will be evident, that' the wire-mesh egg-receivingbasketillustrated/in Fig. 3 of, the 'draw'ings,as well, as the perforatedegg-receiving elements shown in Fig. 60f,

the drawings, will act as suitable strainers in case an egg cracksduring'the boiling opera-- tion and the white from the egg passes intothe water, toprevent cloggingof the out-fiownieans in" the bottom of the1 recept 1 From the foregoing description of the. present invention itwill be clearly understood that 1 have devised a simple, useful, andefiiciently operating, device for boiling or coddling eggs to anydesired degree of consistency, from very soft to very hard, the boilingor coddling of the, eggs being'done off the range or stoveandautomatically, so that the eggs will not be underdone. or overdone;and furthermore, there will be, no necessary watching and timing thecooking operation, and a person will not becompelledto stand beside ahot fire.

In ani aware that changes may be made in the general arrangements andcombinations of the several-devices and parts, as well as in the detailsof the construction of the said parts, without departing from the scopeof theupresent invention as set forth in the foregoing specification,and as defined in the clauses of the claims which are. appended thereto.invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the. variousdevices and parts as described in the said specification, nor do Iconfine myself to the exact details Hence, I do not limit my present 3ti es of the construction of the said parts as-f illustrated in theaccompanying drawings. I claim: J 1. An egg-boiling or coddling utensilcom- .prising areceptacle adapted to. receive a graduated quantity ofboiling water, an out-v flow opening in the bottom of 'saidre'cepta ole,said opening being formed with a valveseat, a valve-disk normally seatedupon said valve-seat, a valve-stem extending from said valve-disk, aspring connected with said valve-stem for seating said valve-disk, meanscooperating with said spring-controlled valve-stem for unseating thenormally closed valve-disk, and a cup-shaped flow-regulating elementupon the outer sur face of the bottom of said receptacle, saidregulating element being provided with a perforation. A 2. Aneggsboiling or coddling utensil com prising a receptacle adapted toreceive a W graduated quantity of boiling water, an out flow opening inthe bottom of said recep-' tacle, said opening being formed With avalve-seat, a valve-disk normally seated upon said Valve-seat, avalve-stem extending from said valve-disk, a spring connected with saidValve-stem for seating said valvedisk, an egg-receiving tray cooperatingWith said spring-controlled valve-stem for unseating the normally closedvalve-disk, and a cup-shaped flow-regulating element upon the outersurface of the bottom of said receptacle, said regulating element beingprovided 'With a perforation.

3. An egg-boiling or coddling utensil comprising a receptacle adapted toreceive a graduated quantity of boiling Water, an opening in the bottomof said receptacle, a tubular outflow element Within said receptaclehaving its one end-portion extending into and secured in said opening,and formed in Copies of this patent may be obtained receptacle, saidregulating element being provided With a perforation.

4. An egg-boiling or coddling utensil comprising a receptacle adapted toreceive a graduated quantity of boiling Water, an opening in the bottomof said receptacle, a tubular outflow element Within said receptaclehaving its one end-portion extending into and secured in said opening,and formed in said end-portion With a valveseat, a valve-disk normallyseated upon said valve-seat a valve-stem extending from said valve-diskinto and throughthe said tubular outflow element, a spring encircling aportion of said tubular element and the valve-stem for seating saidvalve-disk, an eggrcceiring tray cooperating With said spring-controlledvalve-stem for unseat-ing the normally closed Valve-disk, and acupshaped flow-regulating element upon the outer surface of the bottomof said receptacle, said regulating element being provided With aperforation.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 20m day of June, 1913.

FREDERICK A. FELDKAMP.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL,

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for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents,

Washington, I). 0.

